SECOND TO BUT ONE: Arena trails Schmid on MLS all-time coaching win list

When Bruce Arena was named head coach and sporting director of the New England Revolution Tuesday, he again set course on becoming the all-time winningest coach in Major League Soccer history.

Arena has earned 202 career vicotires in regular season play over his 14 seasons at the helm, one of only two coaches in league history having hit the double-century mark in wins. He trails the late Sigi Schmid, the all-time leader with 240.

With the Revolution, Arena takes charge of his fourth MLS team, tied for the most of any coach in league history. Also serving as bench boss of four different clubs is Bob Bradley, currently head coach of the Los Angeles Football Club, who is fourth on the all-time list with 148 career league wins, as well as Thomas Rongen.

Arena also has guided D.C. United, the Red Bulls and the Galaxy.

The naming of Arena as head coach of the Revolution marked the third MLS coaching change. The most in any one season came a year ago, when six coaching changes were made.

ALL-TIME MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER COACHING RECORDS

COACH

TM

W

L

T

PCT

PTS

Sigi Schmid

LA-CLB-SEA

240

183

125

.552

843

Bruce Arena

DC-NYR-LA

202

121

89

.598

671

Dominic Kinnear

SJ-HOU-LA

169

137

135

.536

642

Bob Bradley

CHI-MET-CHV-LFC

148

104

66

.569

500

Peter Vermes

KC

135

103

86

.549

491

Arena’s top priority is to bring the Revs back to MLS Cup, which they have reached five times, tied for second-most of any club in league history. Yet, New England still hasn’t won an MLS title. Arena has coached team to MLS Cup glory on five occasions – the most of any coach in league history. His seven appearances in the championship match are also the most of any head coach.

About The Author

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered eight World Cups, seven Olympics and all 21 MLS Cups. He writes about New York City FC, New York Cosmos and the U.S. national team for Newsday and pens a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has two more in the works, including one about the Rochester Lancers.